Official ANTHONY DAVIS Thread

[D-Shiznit]

Hard to come by? LOL he's averaging 26 ppg. Y'all need to stop playing lmao.

[drae]

[D-Shiznit]

He's averaging 26/10/3/3

Shaq with us averaged 27/11/3/2

So 1 point and 1 rebound less than perhaps the most dominant Laker to ever play, and people think he's struggling, all the while on a bruised shoulder. lol too funny.

[drae]

[D-Shiznit]

[drae]

I'd be ECSTATIC if it were a bruise

Onto the supposed disagreement between AD and Lebron (they were only discussing the play they were going to run but whatever, let's run with it), after the game there was video footage of them jostling and mucking around

For most of the time the player AD was playing with was out of shot but as this picture shows it's clearly Lebron. Only old man Bron has this sort of thinning hair

So the first picture is just before they started jostling. See the bald head? Then the second picture is during their playing. I'll post the video I got these pics from as well

https://i.imgur.com/DEg6u6N.png
https://i.imgur.com/wtlbO6X.png

Video clip is here: https://twitter.com/LakersNation/status/1195595717470900225

So they're fine with each other. No need to panic people … *looks at Reddit* too late

[wolfpaclaker]

Thing with AD is that people want to see higher percentage shots, but unfortunately throughout his career he has taken a lot of low percentage shots. I was watching a lot of his videos this summer after the AD trade and one knock on him was that he was good for at least 3-4 bad shots a game (and he makes them at times too), It sends his FG% and TS% down, and now in LA you are seeing teams begin to double and triple him a lot more. The pace we are playing at is slower, so AD is probably getting more halfcourt coverage. This is exposing some of AD's flaws - flaws that weren't always being exposed as much in the quicker fast tempo that Alvin Gentry runs.

So I looked at last year's Pelicans numbers and they were third in the league in pace. You see Ingram go over there and have a complete green light to shoot everything. This is not halfcourt execution basketball as much as the Lakers are trying to play. Lakers are more of control the tempo team, run when there is a chance but usually want to play composed, at a pace they will develop execution for the playoffs.

In contrast, The Lakers are 20th in the league in pace. So AD went from an elite pace team, a team that was not valuing the possession the same way. So he would run up, and take a lot of quick shots and even run all the way and get a lot of easy dunks. These are not happening as much because Lebron plays at a difference pace and as I said before, this team is trying to win a championship knowing this is the tempo they can beat teams at.

What AD has to do is remove habits he has had in the D'Antoni/Gentry offense for years. It will take him time. He chucks up a lot of low % shots, that he has been accustomed to doing. He will slowly get better at it. However it will probably take a full year playing halfcourt basketball like this. Frank Vogel has to watch tape with AD and show him exactly where the doubles are coming from and to encourage him to move the ball quicker in that situation. Frank has to also show him where he is letting the defense off the hook with bad shots. I am sure AD will adjust at some point. I just don't know if it will be this season, or next. The D'Antoni offense is great for the RS and putting up monster stats and the league has adopted a lot of it, but come playoffs you need halfcourt execution as well, and AD has had very little experience in the playoffs and playing this style.

[lar9149]

[danzag]

DPOY material

[governator]

26/10/3/3

And feels like he’s had a so-so start. Man, I can’t wait to see this dude kid-season form with this team then the next gear in the playoff... oh my

[LandsbergerRules]

[lar9149]

[venturalakersfan]

[chickenjoy24]

Can't say enough good things about AD.

He had 4 blocks, yeah that's nice and all but he also had about 4-5 plays where he completely changed the shot but doesn't show up on the stat sheet, example causing Bogdanovic throwing a bad pass and causing a great shooter like Hield to air ball a 3pter.

He only had 5 FG made last night but still had a big presence offensively because he shoots and makes a lot of FTs.

Stay healthy AD.

[pjiddy]

He's been great on defense, a little underwhelming on offense, especially with LeBron off the floor. Maybe it's a lack of another good creator (Surprise, surprise: Rondo is not the answer here) or just Vogel and co needing to scheme better, but so far, his non-Lebron assisted scoring has been less then stellar and the on/off numbers back this up.

[lakersboy]

He's not a 1a scorer because he often can't create a good shot when he gets the ball in isolated situations away from the basket.

[manlisten]

The most impressive thing about him to me is the pace he plays with. I'm not sure I've seen him break a sweat all season. That says a lot considering how active he is and the fact that he plays the entire 1st and 4th quarters. He's also very aware of his length and how to use it. On the game saving block against the Kings he was able to take the perfect angle to both cut off the pass to the corner and deny any shot at the rim. You could see Barnes peek at Hield in the corner and when it wasn't there he kinda just resigned himself to going up with it, knowing that wasn't an option either. That's an incredibly unique ability that many players with freakish wingspans aren't able to utilize. Javale for instance would never do that but AD does things like that all the time.

As an aside I think he'll be a great mentor to Kostas because he flashes that same ability IMO. Against the Warriors in preseason he kept rejecting shots at the rim by playing off the shooter and baiting them to go up before casually sliding over at the last second when they had fully committed to the shot and then smearing it against the backboard, effortlessly much like AD. We really have an abundance of talent at the 5 spot.
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[PHILosophize]

is his shoulder injury to his shooting shoulder?
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